grappling hook
noun
: a hook usually with multiple prongs that is typically attached to a rope and is used for grabbing, grappling, or gripping
called also grappling iron
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Hazel’s magical threads can be fashioned into a temporary glider or a grappling hook to help with platforming, used to conjure spectral objects that seem somewhat stuck between worlds, and wielded in battle to push enemies away and pull them towards her.
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Ubisoft Quebec brings back the parkour up and down buttons and, combined with the grappling hook, the movement system feels like a streamlined version of that in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Indy's whip is more than just a primitive grappling hook.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
One thing that is not exactly new is the ability to give players a grappling hook this time around in a move that’s reminiscent of the recent Halo Infinite, which also, for the first time, threw Master Chief into an open world.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Ubisoft Quebec brings back the parkour up and down buttons and, combined with the grappling hook, the movement system feels like a streamlined version of that in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Indy's whip is more than just a primitive grappling hook.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
One thing that is not exactly new is the ability to give players a grappling hook this time around in a move that’s reminiscent of the recent Halo Infinite, which also, for the first time, threw Master Chief into an open world.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Grappling hook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grappling%20hook. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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